Thanks MOS. Will look into that whey I get back from my hols . I was thinking of buying an incubator so that we can concentrate on getting eggs for hatching rather than trying to sort out broody hens etc.

They do have agricultural fairs Rosie here in Latvia but they tend to be during the summer which is a bit late and they don't sell live animals most of the time in the local markets. I might have to look at a large market sometime but that takes a lot of planning and I am not sure what breeds there are. We did go to one fair during the summer this year and I wouldn't have said that there were any meat breeds on show. Fancy breeds and egg layers, yes! But meat breeds no! They tended to look on the small side really. Plenty of quails but I could get them from a local farmer anyway.